Pipe or cigar holder



(No Mdel.)

E. G. D'BLIMAGB. PIPE 0B. GIGAR HOLDER. No. 456,943-I Patented Aug. 4,1891.

i m m Y w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR O. DELIMAGE, OF FORT IVORTH, ASSIGNOR OF TIFO-THIRDS TO FORTUNATOC. ZANETTI, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

PIPE 0R clcAR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,943, dated August4, 1891. Application tiled December 10, 1890. Serial No. 374,204. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDGAR C. DELIMAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Vorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented a newand useful Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to tobacco, and more especially to pipes andstems, and the object thereof is to produce a device capable of beingused as a cigar or cigarette holder, having a removable nicotine-cup, oras a pipe.

To this end the invention consists in the details of constructionhereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on theaccompanying sheet of drawings, whereirl- Y Figure l is a perspectiveview of this device complete. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section.Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of the bowl and cup slightlyseparated. Fig. 4. is a section showing the manner of using the deviceas a pipe.

Referring to the said drawings, l is the body or bowl of this improveddevice, which is constructed aboutas shown, and has a cylindrical boreclosed at one end. Upon the exterior of the bowl, opposite the bottom ofthis bore, is formed a projection 5, which is perforated, as shown, anddiametrically opposite the said projection, but nearer the mouth of thebore and hence out of alignment with the perforation referred to, isanother projection 6, also perforated, as shown. In the projection 5 isremovably seated the stem 9, which extends to the mouth of the user, andin the outer projection 6 is removably inserted the inner end of a cigaror cigarette holder or the stub-stem of a pipe-bowl, although I haveshown only a cigar-holder as used in connection therewith.

3 designates a deep cup whose bottom extends a little beyond its sides,so as to form an annular shoulder or iiange 2, and 4 is a handle orthumb-piece projecting from the bottom of this cup. The latter is of asize to fit closely yetreinovably in the bore of the bowl, and of suchlength that when its flange 2 strikes the end of the bowl, as seen inFig; 2, its open .inner end will extend almost to the perforationthrough the outer projection G. This cup may, if desired, be iilled withsome absorbent material, although when used, as shown, it will be highlyadvantageous in collecting both the nicotine of the smoke which may passin through the holder l0 and the saliva from the mouth which may rundown the stern 9, the absorbent material, it' it be used, taking upthese liquids.

In use a cigar or cigarette is inserted in the holder l0 and thelatter-"or the stub-stem of a pipe-bowl inserted in the outer projection6. The cup 3 and the stem 9 being in place and the tobacco beinglighted, the smoking is done in the usual manner, and as the smokecirculates within the bore of the bowl the nicotine collects within thecup 3, together with what saliva may run down the stem. It will benoticed that the cup passes inside the bowl and extends for aconsiderable distance up into the same, and by this means the nicotinewhich may collect and stand in the cup will not come in contact with thebody of the bowl, which is usually of wood, and soak into the same withdetriment thereto; but when the cup is removed the liquid is drawn withit, and it is only necessary to clean out the cup, the moisture in thebalance of the bore being not sufliciently deep to soak into the bowl.It will be noticed that the holder passes into one side of the bowl andthe stem leads out of the other side, whereas the cup is removable in aline at right angles to these members. By this construction the normalposition of parts will keep the cup ready to receive the liquids andwill allow the cigar or cigarette to project in the proper direction foruse, and, moreover, the horizontal position of both the holder and thestem causes them to convey as little as possible liquid into the bowlwithout a tendency to convey it in the other direction, the naturalinclination of the liquid being of course to run with an incline ineither direction. Again, if the holder entered the bowl vertically or ifits inner end projected into said bowl, as soon as the liquid collectedsuficiently to cover the inner end of the holder the draft through thestem would draw the smoke through said liquid and impregnate it withnoxious odors and tastes, which would be highly undesirable.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the holder lO removed and the bowl inverted, thesame being IOO partially illed` With tobacco, and the cup 3 in place.Vhen so arranged, the device becomes a pipe, and the fact that the stementers the bowl near the bottoni of the bore therein permits it to be soused. The draft in this case is into the perforated projection G,through the tobacco, out the perforated projection 5, and up the stein,and while the device is thus useful as a pipe the advantage of thenicotinecup is here lost sight of.

"What is claimed as new is- 1. The herein-described mouthpiece forcigar-holders and the like, the saine comprising a bowl having avertical cylindrical bore open at its lower end, said bowl having aprojection at one side provided with a horizontal perforationcommunicating' with the bore at its closed end and a similar perforatedprojection at the other side,but nearer the mouth of the bore, andadapted to receive the cigarholder, a stein inserted in and leading fromtherother projection, and a removable nicotine-cup closing the mouth ofthe bore, as set forth. v

2. The herein described lnouth.- piece for cigar-holders and the like,the same comprising a bowl having a vertical cylindrical bore open atits lower end, said bowl having at one side a horizontal perforationcommunicating with the bore at the closed end of the latter and asimilar perforation at the other side, but nearer the month of the bore,and adapted to receive the cigar-holder, a stein inserted in andleading'from the first-mentioned perforation, and a cylindricalnicotine-cup whose body its frictionally within the bore and extendsfrom the mouth thereof nearly to the holder-perforation and Whose closedbottom extends radially beyond its sides, so as to form an annulariiange 2, adapted to strike the lower end of the bowl, as hereinbeforeset forth.

In testimony that'I elain'i the foregoing as my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' .EDGAR C. DELIMAGE.

Witnesses:

' W. H. WILLE, J. H. MELTON.

